> 1970-03-21
Australia
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Are you respected? Do you respect others as well as yourself? How do you feel about respect?
'Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.'
U Thant
'Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.'
Clint Eastwood
'Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.'
Abraham J. Heschel
'Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.'
James Howell
'To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.'
Anonymous
'Never take a person's dignity: it is worth everything to them, and nothing to you.'
Frank Barron
'He who does not have the courage to speak up for his rights cannot earn the respect of others.'
Rene G. Torres
'He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.'
Persian proverb
'When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.'
Lao-Tzu
'Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.'
Philip James Bailey
'Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you?'
William Shakespeare
'The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no more respect than he exacts.'
Spanish proverb
'I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.'
Jackie Robinson
'You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like milk and water, mingle together.'
Buddha
'Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.'
Eldridge Cleaver
'If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that ... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.'
John Lennon
'Respect for one's parents is the highest duty of civil life.'
Proverb
'We are all something, but none of us are everything.'
Blaise Pascal
'Be beautiful if you can, Wise if you want to ... But be respected-that is essential.'
Anna Gould
'The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the other's dignity to the point of not really wanting anything from him.'
Cyril Connolly
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